August 4, 2000 --- To: Trent Lott, Denny Hastert

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Dear Mr. Trent Lott,
　　 Mr. Denny Hastert,

Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) urged their mainland Chinese counterparts to speed up the process of accepting the repatriation of mainland citizens who have come to Taiwan illegally.

According to the SEF, it had already written to mainland China’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) on June 23 to express the SEF’s willingness to assist in the speedy repatriation of mainland citizens who have been detained by Taiwan authorities. However, the SEF went on to say that even with the coordination of Taiwan’s local chapter of the Red Cross, nothing concrete has been arranged so far.

The SEF pointed out in its most recent letter to the ARATS that mainland China has only processed two repatriation cases since August 1999, and that over 1,000 mainland Chinese are being detained in Taiwan, with over 800 having been here for six months.

The SEF and ARATS are quasi-official organizations in charge of handling communications between Taipei and Beijing in the absence of official ties.

But in Asia, some Australians see a more strategic purpose on the rudiments of a policy to contain Mainland China based in a ring of alliances and other partnerships while big business and regional security was psychologically close to Beijing. Australians wonder why Washington is risking a crisis with Beijing.

On the other hand; Australians want to keep it is on de facto balance between China and U.S.

We agreed with Beijing join in international law of free market, but past history told us the rich China had no improved its human rights and limitation of military power.

While most Taiwan people support the island’s ongoing bid for representation in the United Nations, they are discontented with the overall performance of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) during the past year, a telephone survey released by MOFA concluded.

But the MOFA’s services, including passport issuance, document verification and overseas emergency relief services won over one-third of the approval rating, the MOFA added.

“The survey results serve as a starting point in improving the future diplomatic work force,” said Lo Chih-chen, director of the MOFA’s Research and Planning Board in a press conference.

“Although public opinion is not meant to be the standard for formulating foreign policy, it will be seriously taken into consideration,” he added.

It is the first public opinion poll ever conducted by MOFA to gauge public opinion on the ministry, the nation’s status and other diplomacy-related issues.

Lo continued, “The public not only showed a strong interest in diplomacy but also shared some common ground with the MOFA,” adding that the ministry is determined to strive for more prominent recognition in the international community.

About one-third of respondents placed more emphasis on the island’s participation in international organizations than strengthening ties with the United States and Japan and increasing its number of diplomatic allies, the poll said.

Over 50 percent, however, are against compromising on the nation’s formal name and sovereignty status while seeking to join official international organizations.

In addition, while one-third thinks the island’s status has remained unchanged over the past few years, almost 50 percent think the decreased number of allies, from 29 to 20, will harm the national interest.

And as high as 82 percent support the MOFA’s plan to establish a diplomacy college for training more diplomatic workers.

On the other hand; Beijing can not understand what is free expression in democratic country.

Beijing think that anything dislike for its authority are no contribute to the stability and improvement of China-U.S. relations, despite the alleged theft of American nuclear secrets by Beijing claiming that permitted to modernize its ballistic missile force and threaten the United States.

Communist China as to a nuclear power’s country, it should give hand to maintain regional peace and stability and improvement on peacekeeper.

For world’s justice Taiwan has its own defense military system to against the Beijing invasion, if unprovoked attack occurred that Asia-Pacific stability and economy would be ruined by conflict, it is big world destruction.

Nevertheless; there are somewhat weird on NMD in which could be used to protect United States and its alliance, it caused by communist countries and other democratic partnerships to against such system.

In my personal view; too many rogue nuclear states could instead of U.S. position to handle what its want “promise or death”.

Contrary to this unpredictable future; Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian reiterated his administration’s determination safeguard human rights and urged the Legislative Yuan to pass and ratify the international Bill of Rights, but in 1971, Taiwan --- known as the Republic of China --- lost its seat in United Nations to the mainland government, not because of Taiwan was governed by communist China.

For last words, Taiwan do need your support.